National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award

The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) Australia's longest running Indigenous art award. Established in 1984 by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin, the annual award is commonly referred to as the 'Telstra Award' or 'Telstra Prize'. It is open to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists working in all mediums.

The NATSIAA was established in 1984. Telstra has sponsored the awards since 1992.

In 2000, the prize money for the main award was doubled from $20,000 to $40,000. It was increased to $50,000 in 2014 making it the largest prize for any Indigenous art award.

There have also been two traveling exhibitions, in 2000 and 2003, enabling up to 50 selected works to be shown in regional galleries around Australia, promoting the richness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art to a wide audience across the country.

There are five categories of awards:

...
Wikipedia